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# 38 U.S.C. § 5704 - Transcript of trial records

## Text

The Secretary may purchase transcripts of the record, including all evidence, of trial of litigated cases.

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1237, § 3304; renumbered § 5704, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 3304 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.